It tastes like a Spinach and Ricotta stuffed shells but way faster to make!

Fabulouslazy Monday meal made from scratch, using my cheeky shake and pour shortcut pasta sauce!

Spinach and Ricotta

Spinach and ricotta.

Bowl of Spinach Ricotta Pasta Bake, ready to be eaten

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We stuff things with it (Cannelloni,Rotolo, shells!

), welayer thingswith it, weroll it up in puff pastryand wewrap it in pastry.

So why dont we stir it through pasta bakes?

Spinach & Ricotta Pasta Bake - Quick to put together, and made from scratch! Made extra creamy by adding milk into the ricotta. Extra flavour addition possibilities are endless!

This is a lazy Monday meal Ive been making for years.

I know its a little different, but it really is tasty.

It tastes like spinach and ricotta cannelloni or stuffed shells but without the labour.

Spoon scooping up Spinach Ricotta Pasta Bake

Look at this pile of gooey, juicy deliciousness….no dry ricotta in MY pasta bakes!

Shake and pour pasta sauce!

Because this is a lazy meal, I make this with myshortcut homemade pasta sauce.

How to make Spinach Ricotta Pasta Bake

To compensate for skipping the sauteed garlic and onions, I add extra flavours into the sauce.

Tomato passata is pureed strained raw tomatoes, unflavoured.

Or sub with what you know astomato sauce.

Ingredients in Spinach Ricotta Pasta Bake

What goes in Spinach Ricotta Pasta Bake

Heres a snapshot of the ingredients.

For convenience, I usefrozen spinachhere but fresh can be used in a cinch.

As for thericotta, any punch in will work here.

Overhead photo of Spinach Ricotta Pasta Bake fresh out of the oven, ready to be served

Some are creamier and softer than others which makes it easy to mix into the pasta.

This really does taste like a Spinach and Ricotta Cannelloni* without the fiddly stuffing of the cannelloni tubes.

All things Spinach and Ricotta!

Close up of Spinach Ricotta Pasta Bake fresh out of the oven, ready to be served

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PS Dont worry, its a dog friendly Easter egg!

Close up of Spinach Ricotta Pasta Bake fresh out of the oven, ready to be served

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